Everyone at the Table Ordered Beer. You Don't Drink. One Sentence Ends It on the First Ask.

Why this phrase

An izakaya table. Hana plays the friend holding the bottle, Kofuku declines. The whole trick is 飲めない, can't, instead of 飲みません, don't: it lands as a fact about your body rather than a preference, so people are far less likely to push, and the んです ending turns it into an explanation instead of a refusal. Follow it with ウーロン茶でお願いします and you've got a glass in your hand like everyone else. Steer clear of お酒が弱いんです, which means you're a lightweight and quietly invites a small pour.